Recent content by Jervas

Endearing? not at the time but funny now -Some years ago I was producing a large scale outdoor "picnic style" Shakespeare show in the grounds of a large manor house here. As you may have discovered with these sorts of venues, they are reluctant to have you over long seasons and usually book...

Now I really resent that! To say that i'm a creation from Logos' mind is very much denegrating me and overrating his mind!! ;-) just kiddin mate.Welcome Rak - another soldier in the army of southern light! Have at these 120V lovers with everything you've got. ;-)

Yep, totally with you on the point you made. I must admit that over the years I have seen some truely crazy things. Some even from so called professionals. And don't get me started on some electricians who approach a theatre rig like they were wiring a house. SHEEESHHH!!!! Some of the arguments...

Now if I was a vindictive, nasy and extremely sarcastic individual I would take the CLASS references and really cane you with them Gaff. Lucky for you I am an EXTREMELY CLASSY really bad spellar. I am proud to welcome you to enlightenment. And now i'm not going to mention that with class - the...

Jeez I keep forgetting you guys only run 110V not 240V

Short answer - NO! Once again not sure re NEC rules but here in SA there is not way in heck i'd leave ANY pluged cables outside without total plastic encasement MINIMUM! Our regs say that we have to encase the join point in a plastic lock together cover (sort of like a fat sausage - sorry...

Not sure what the NEC regs are where you are but here in South Australia, to the best of my knowledge the cover is all that is needed. In saying that however I would make double sure that the outlet isn't anywhere were it could get wet. (Like on a building exterior not inside a power kiosk) I...

Sorry Ship -miss read. Didn't register the arc lamps bit. Your right - probably would result in extra loss. Looks like you weren't the only one who was half asleep when problem solving. ;-) I had some goose once ask me why his light tunnel rigged for audience entrance to an outdoor...

Q 1. Trip right away? Probably not - takes a while for any lamp to reach it's full draw if running through a conventional rig. Snap them up quickly and they will trip, surge and they will trip if they are on an older breaker system. If your gear is newer and your behaving yourself (not running...

Bashfull, don't forget bashfull... and then there's Donner and Vixen ...oh hang on ****ed XMAS bookings ALREADY!!!

One thing worse that junior techies... **** know it all security gaurds who are employed to look after outoor concert gear overnight. The ammount of times I have had to or hear of guys having to fix their 'curiosity' ia astounding

Welcome Soundman - I am, much to my pride, one of the God's own country (thanks Logos) Aussies. I formally invite you to join the Metric minority here in the Booth. (the only place it is a minority by the way) and anyway.... isn't there something strange about someone who has twelve digits...

I think you've hit the nail right on the head here (pardon the pun) Van. It's ALL about good training. I'm my lo tech world were you are often relying on Cast and Voulenteers to get co-op shows on the ammount of near misses and non misses resulting in ambulance rides I have seen would curdle...

Van, I had the same dream, ah the folly of youth. Closest thing i've see to that is a temporary stage that one of our councils here built out of a semi trailer pantec. It double folds out from one long side with canopy and the lot. I'll see if I can hunt down some pics of it if your intersted...

Actually - I was well and truely Jervas before he even started using Logos. Jervas aka - the character Jervas Dudley -in HP Lovecraft's short story The Tomb. Which incidently is one of the theatre in education pieces that I toured around for a few years. Oh...by the way...so who was it that got...